Benkai - In Retrospect [Part 2/2] (CS:GO)
25In Retrospect is a long form video series, featuring players, pundits and other industry professionals within the Asia Pacific esports scene discussing their careers and defining moments in depth.
Episode 8 features Benkai, one of the best talents that SEA Counter Strike has ever produced. He is most notable for his time on Team Dreamscape, and later B.O.O.T-[d]S. In this interview, we pick up where we left off, with Benkai returning from military service back into the B.O.O.T-[d]S roster.
This video is Part 2 of my interview with Benkai, you can find Part 1 here - https://youtu.be/DGaQRHW4lgw
0:00 Intro
0:35 Impression is benched after eroding the teams trust
2:45 Incident 1 - ImpressioN's girlfriend moves into the gaming house
5:55 Incident 2 - Prize money withheld from the team
8:10 Incident 3 - Salary withheld from team "So we found out that he was skimming off all the money from our salaries - he slowly broke our trust and it was to the point that we just didn't want to work with him anymore"
12:30 The new BOOT roster ft. D4V4I & Bobosaur vs the old BOOT roster
15:00 Would Benkai play with ImpressioN again?
18:00 Winning IEM Sydney 2019 Qualifier
20:50 "I didn't expect to get wrecked by mosquitos on stage" - Benkai's experiences at COBX Masters
23:50 More average results against international teams, IEM Sydney 2019
25:30 BOOT's results start to go downhill, months of 'almosts'
27:50 "We were so lazy as a team, we didn't really have the right work ethic to make it work" - The last events under the BOOT brand & issues within BOOT at the time
29:30 Attending eXTREMESLAND 2019 without BOOT jerseys
30:40 Leaving BOOT & the options presented at the time
34:00 Joining Huat Zai & the reasons for it
37:15 The can of worms that is Paper Rex, other teams Benkai could've ended up on
42:30 Touching on f0rsaken & splashske briefly
46:00 "I'm actually quite happy with calling now" - Benkai's role changes throughout his career
48:00 Paper Rex's results this year
52:55 The future of Paper Rex?
56:15 Where SEA CS is headed in 2021
1:00:50 Has Benkai ever considered playing on a non SEA team?
1:02:30 Servers in Guam
1:06:50 NG Esports
1:09:10 Benkai shows off his dog
1:09:45 Biggest regret of Benkai's career
1:11:05 Final thoughts/shoutouts
Thumbnail image: CSGO2Asia
Intro music: https://sakunera.bandcamp.com/
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